I play tennis for a living even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion and always have.

A great coach can lead you to a place where you don't need him any more.

To be inspired - that's the secret.

Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. And the things that I sort of discovered at times I not only didn't want to see it for myself but I certainly didn't want millions of people to see it.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

I suppose you could never say never, but my experience would tell me that the most successful players in the world are gonna come from an environment that is more competitive at an early age.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.